Cooper Landing vs Nanwalek

A side-by-side comparison of Cooper Landing and Nanwalek: population, income, housing, and more.

Cooper Landing and Nanwalek are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cooper Landing has the higher population (231 vs 208 in Nanwalek). Cooper Landing has the higher median household income ($140,500 vs $68,250 in Nanwalek). Cooper Landing has the higher median home value ($404,500 vs $141,700 in Nanwalek).

Population, income & housing

	Cooper Landing	Nanwalek
Population	231	208
Median age	46.3 yrs	19.0 yrs
Median household income	$140,500	$68,250
Median home value	$404,500	$141,700
Housing units	336	61
Homeownership rate	73.7%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooper Landing	Nanwalek
Population	478 → 231 (-51.7%)	212 → 208 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$69,242 → $140,500 (+102.9%)	$43,750 → $68,250 (+56.0%)
Median home value	$349,400 → $404,500 (+15.8%)	$153,100 → $141,700 (-7.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$483 → $600 (+24.2%)

Cooper Landing

Population

478231

Median household income

$69,242$140,500

Median home value

$349,400$404,500

Nanwalek

Population

212208

Median household income

$43,750$68,250

Median home value

$153,100$141,700

Median gross rent

$483$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooper Landing	Nanwalek
Under 5	8.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	9.1%	28.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	21.2%
25 to 34	26.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	1.3%	6.3%
45 to 54	27.7%	4.8%
55 to 64	18.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.6%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooper Landing	Nanwalek
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	2.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	63.5%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	34.2%	32.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooper Landing	Nanwalek
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooper Landing	Nanwalek
Drove alone	97.9%	19.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	45.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	23.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooper Landing	Nanwalek
1-unit, detached	88.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cooper Landing	Nanwalek
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.9%
Average household size	2.00	5.62
Mean commute (minutes)	15	7
Median year structure built	1979	1986